Does anyone know....

[ElleGee]

anything about artificial sweetener? I am allergic to aspartame so I try and stay away from all artificial sweeteners..

Are Truvia, sorbitol, sucralose or anything like that related to aspartame?

[IthinkNOT!]

From the truvia box:

Truvia sweetener comes from nature:
Rebiana comes from the sweet leaf of the stevia plant, native to south america. Dried stevia leaves are steeped in water, similar to making tea. This unlocks the best tasting part of the leaf which is then purified to provide calorie-free sweet taste.

Erythritol is a natural sweetener, produced by a natural process, and is also found in fruits like grapes and pears.

Ingredients:
Erythritol, rebiana, natural flavors.

Hope this helps some, Mom brought some of this home to try. I have tried the regular white stevia sweetener before and it is pretty good and it's not related to aspartamine as far as I know. Aspartamine is just scary, that's the stuff that the pest control people spray in your house to get rid of pests. If it will kill bugs do we really need to be ingesting it?

[ElleGee]

From the truvia box:

Truvia sweetener comes from nature:
Rebiana comes from the sweet leaf of the stevia plant, native to south america. Dried stevia leaves are steeped in water, similar to making tea. This unlocks the best tasting part of the leaf which is then purified to provide calorie-free sweet taste.

Erythritol is a natural sweetener, produced by a natural process, and is also found in fruits like grapes and pears.

Ingredients:
Erythritol, rebiana, natural flavors.

Hope this helps some, Mom brought some of this home to try. I have tried the regular white stevia sweetener before and it is pretty good and it's not related to aspartamine as far as I know. Aspartamine is just scary, that's the stuff that the pest control people spray in your house to get rid of pests. If it will kill bugs do we really need to be ingesting it?

Thanks!

My doc put me on Maxalt for migraines and it gave me a bad allergic reaction because it has aspartame in it.. UGH not fun! The pest control thing is really scary. I didn't know it was used for that

[IthinkNOT!]

yeah, I didn't know until we asked the pest control guy how to get rid of ants and he told us. We have never used any of it again.